2015 JEEP RENEGADE Complaints

ENTIRE CAPLESS GAS TANK HOUSING BROKE OFF AND STAYED ATTACHED TO THE GAS NOZZLE AT THE PUMP. ALSO, CONTINUED SQUEALING BRAKES WITH NO FIX. NEEDED SOFTWARE UPDATE AT 125 MILES.

AT AROUND 980 MILES, THE CAR STARTED LOOSING POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING A LOT. THEN I CAME TO A CONDITION WHERE I CANNOT CONTROL THE SPEED ANYMORE. I HAD TO STOP MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF HWY-15 AT NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON 1/16 AND SAME PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER THE FIRST FIX ATTEMPT. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE. I CANNOT IMAGINE DRIVING THIS CAR AGAIN. JUST AFTER 2 WEEKS, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 10 MILES, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE PREVALENT. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATE. I AM GOING FOR A LEMON LAW THIS TIME....

JUST PURCHASED A JEEP RENEGADE. MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE THE CAR DOES NOT COME WITH A SPARE TIRE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A SPOT FOR IT IN THE REAR. I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IF A PERSON HAS A FLAT IN A AREA THAT IS NOT WELL TRAVELED AND HAS NO CELL SERVICE THIS COULD BE A LIFE OR DEATH MATTER. IF THE TEMPS ARE FREEZING OR EXTREMELY HOT AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE ON THE RIM TILL YOU GOT HELP OR CRASH. WHICHEVER ACCURSE FIRST. IF YOU HAD TO WALK IN EXTREME COLD FOR A LONG DISTANCE YOU COULD GET HYPOTHERMIA OR WORSE. IN EXTREME HEAT YOU COULD DEHYDRATE BEFORE YOU GET HELP. THE LIST GOES ON THERE IS NO GOOD POINTS TO NOT HAVING A SPARE TIRE.

THE 2015 JEEP RENEGADE HAS HAD ABOUT 800 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM APPEARED. I WAS DRIVING ON A FREEWAY AT 70 MPH. ALL THE SUDDEN, THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN I PUSH THE PEDAL AS I INTENDED. SO I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND STARTED DRIVING LOCAL AT LOWER SPEED, AND THE CAR WAS ACTING EVEN MORE WEIRD. THE CAR WAS JERKING AND CAME TO STOP. THE ENGINE WAS ON BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. LUCKILY, IT WAS AT NIGHT TIME AND IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, THERE WERE ONLY FEW CARS AROUND SO THEY COULD DRIVE AROUND. I CHANGED THE AUTOMATIC MODE, 'D', TO THE SEMI-MANUAL MODE. THE FREQUENCY OF THE JERKING REDUCED BUT THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 6 MILES TO DROP THE CAR AT A REPAIR SHOP AT A MFG AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE AND BODILY HARM. I WAS LUCKY THAT THERE WERE MANY CARS AROUND AT THE TIME AND THE CAR DID NOT STALL ON THE FREEWAY. I AM NOT AN EXPERT, BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO THE POWER TRAIN (AND SPEED CONTROL POSSIBLY.) I HOPE I AM THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM MUST BE ASSESSED AND APPROPRIATE ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN. MY CAR IS CURRENTLY AT A REPAIR SHOP AND WILL BE ASSESSED, HOPEFULLY TOMORROW.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE APPROX MAY 2015 DROVE 7600 WITH VIRTUALLY NO PROBLEMS. ALL OF A SUDDEN BEGAN HAVING SHIFTING ISSUES WITH A BAD HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS TO THE POINT WHERE I DIDN'T THINK THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE THEN IT DID. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP & THEY DID AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE. THAT MADE IT BETTER FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME. MY CAR STARTED DOING IT AGAIN BUT WAS A LOT WORSE. CAR HAD 14000 MILES ON IT & IT WAS JERKING INTO GEAR. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & THEY VERIFIED THE ROUGH SHIFTING SAID THEY WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO DO A RELEARN PROCEDURE ON TRANSMISSION & THAT SOMETIMES WILL CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE TRANSMISSION ISN'T JERKING INTO GEAR AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU CAN STILL FEEL IT SHIFT INTO GEAR. THINK THIS PROBLEM REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED.

SETTING FOR AUTOMATIC TURN-ON OF ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT "HOLD" IN THE UCONNECT (RADIO) SETTINGS AS SET BY THE CONSUMER. THE SETTING REGARDING THE PARKING BRAKE TURNS ON BY ITSELF, MEANING THE PARKING BRAKE CAN COME ON BY ITSELF WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SWITCHED OFF. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY SETTINGS INCLUDING CORNERING LIGHTS WHICH CHANGES AT THE COMPUTER'S WHIM. THIS SAME UCONNECT SYSTEM CAUSES THE MEASUREMENT OF MILES PER HOUR TO CHANGE TO KILOMETERS PER HOUR RANDOMLY, AND TIRE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT TO CHANGE FROM PSI TO BARS. THE AMOUNT OF TIME HEADLIGHTS REMAIN-ON AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN ALSO RANDOMLY CHANGES. THE RADIO/UCONNECT/"BRAIN" OF THE CAR HAS ALREADY HAD THE ONE UPDATE POSTED BY FCA INSTALLED TO PREVENT HACKING WHICH IS THE ONLY UPDATE FCA HAS AVAILABLE. THESE SETTINGS SEEM TO CHANGE RANDOMLY, OBSERVED MAINLY WHEN STARTING THE CAR, BUT THE DASHBOARD "UNITS OF MEASUREMENT" HAVE CHANGED ONCE WHILE IN MOTION.

2 WEEKS AFTER BUYING MY BRAND NEW RENEGADE, IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON THE FREEWAY & I HAD TO COAST OVER 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. NOT ONLY DID MY JEEP LEAVE ME STRANDED, I COULD HAVE BEEN RAN OVER AT 80 MILES AN HOUR. JUST BEFORE SHUTTING DOWN, MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS AND BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED EVEN THOUGH THE RPMS WERE HITTING THE RED MARKS. IT WAS SERVICED, AND GIVEN 2 SOFTWARE UPDATES. A WEEK LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. YOU CAN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, INSTEAD IT DIES, HOWEVER THE RPM'S GO UP AS HIGH AS THEY CAN GO BUT MY CAR WON'T SHIFT GEARS. NOW IT IS IN THE SHOP (FOR OVER A WEEK), SUPPOSEDLY GETTING A NEW FUEL PUMP, WHICH I DO NOT THINK IS THE ULTIMATE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ ABOUT THE 9 SPEED AUTOMATIC PROBLEMS AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT KEEPS HAPPENING. AFTER PUTTING ME IN DANGER TWICE, I FEEL CERTAIN AS SOON AS I GET MY NEW FUEL PUMP AND DRIVE HOME, THIS WILL BREAK DOWN AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE JEEP ONE MONTH, BRAND NEW.

"TAKATA RECALL" AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE FROM A PARKING SPOT AT THE VA, I SMELLED GAS, AND IT STALLED. AFTER STARTING SEVERAL MORE TIME, AND ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT APPROXIMATELY SEVERAL FEET EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE FINALLY DIED, LEAVING A TRAIL OF GAS, AND A HUGE PUDDLE UNDERNEATH. IT WAS THE FUEL RETURN LINE WHERE THE PLASTIC CONNECTS TO METAL. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 JEEP RENEGADE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,800.

POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING 9-17-15. WENT TO DEALER 9-22-15, THEY SAID THAT KEY FOB WAS BAD, NEW ONE ON ORDER. TURN ON FRONT WIPERS THE BACK WIPER WILL TURN ON SOMETIMES, WITH THE BACK WIPER SWITCH OFF. THE CAR SAT IDLE FOR 8 DAYS, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. I TRIED TO START COULD'NT GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION. HAD TO JUMP BATTERY 3 TIMES WITH BATTERY PACK TO GET CAR STARTED. WHEN BATTERY WENT DEAD THE CAR COMPUTER RESET AND MY POWER DOOR LOCKS NOW WORK WITH KEY FOB. WAITING TO SEE HOW LONG CAR WILL RUN, CAN'T TRUST IT.